Re: configure problem on IRIX 6.5

[Erik Mouw <J A K Mouw ITS TUDelft NL>]

On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 10:00:32PM +0530, Ramesh Babu wrote:
>   I tried to configure gtk+ 1.2.8 on IRIX 6.5.1. But the configure script
> cannot find X libraries. I looks like this 
> 
> configure --{prefix=/usr/gnu,with-glib-prefix=/usr/gnu}
> 
> 
> checking whether NLS is requested... yes
> checking for libintl.h... no
> checking whether catgets can be used... no
> found xgettext program is not GNU xgettext; ignore it
> checking for extra flags to get ANSI library prototypes... none needed
> checking for extra flags for POSIX compliance... none needed
> checking for glib-config... /usr/gnu/bin/glib-config
> checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.8... yes
> checking for X... no
> configure: error: 
> *** X libraries or include files not found. Check 'config.log' for
> *** more details.

Crystal clear error message: you don't have the X headers installed.
Install the package x_dev from your IRIX CDs.

[snip]

> Did any one configured and built gtk+ 1.2.8 on IRIX. If so, please mail me
> off the list as I am not subscribed to the list.

Yes, I got no problems compiling whatever version of GTK+ on IRIX
6.[2-5]. The usual "./configure; gmake; gmake install" is enough to get
it compiled.


Erik

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